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Senate Time Tolls Against Candidates

added on 2008-01-24 10:00:15 (Washington Post - Politics)

Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.) returned to the Senate yesterday to find one thing that was dearly missing from his presidential campaign last year: A media throng hanging on his every word. ...more.

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Romney, McCain Take Lead in Fla.; Tax Talk Pervades

added on 2008-01-24 10:00:14 (Washington Post - Politics)

NAPLES, Fla., Jan. 23 -- After months of debate over illegal immigration, social issues and the Iraq war, the economy and taxes have emerged as the central focus of the Republican race in Florida. ...more.

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Democrats Attack Iraq Security Proposal

added on 2008-01-24 10:00:14 (Washington Post - Politics)

The leading Democratic presidential candidates and their allies on Capitol Hill have launched fierce attacks in recent days on a White House plan to forge a new, long-term security agreement with the Iraqi government, complaining that the administration is trying to lock in a lasting U.S. military... ...more.

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Front-Runners Watch No. 3 With Interest

added on 2008-01-24 10:00:14 (Washington Post - Politics)

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- If there was a likely beneficiary from Monday's heated Democratic debate, it was John Edwards. The angry man of the Iowa caucuses turned peacemaker, as rivals Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama traded personal insults and questioned each other's honesty and character. ...more.

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Sunshine State Warm to Giuliani, But His Poll Position Falls Sharply

added on 2008-01-24 10:00:14 (Washington Post - Politics)

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. T here's always a Yankees hat in the crowd, always an FDNY T-shirt, and always the borough accents. And when Rudolph W. Giuliani finally arrives at a typical campaign stop in this place 1,000 miles from the Empire State, he provokes a Gotham-style scrum of celebrity. Rudy... ...more.

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Negotiators Grappling With Stimulus Plan

added on 2008-01-24 10:00:13 (Washington Post - Politics)

The White House and congressional leaders struggled yesterday to preserve their newfound alliance on the economy in the face of revolts in both parties over the shape of a potential stimulus package and of debates over issues such as health care and warrantless surveillance. ...more.

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Bush's Second Child Insurance Veto Stands in House

added on 2008-01-24 10:00:13 (Washington Post - Politics)

House Democrats failed for the second time in nearly four months yesterday to override President Bush's veto of a proposed $35 billion expansion of the State Children's Health Insurance Program. ...more.

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Wall St. U-Turn Pulls U.S. Stocks Out of Nosedive

added on 2008-01-24 10:00:13 (Washington Post - Politics)

The stock market soared yesterday afternoon, capping a remarkably volatile day, as new efforts by key players in the U.S. financial system aim to raise enough cash to guard against some of the fallout of the credit crisis. ...more.

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Senate Opens Debate On Wiretap Measure

added on 2008-01-24 10:00:13 (Washington Post - Politics)

The Senate yesterday began debating whether to grant legal immunity to telephone companies for assisting in warrantless wiretaps of terrorism suspects, with Democrats divided and their leadership pleading with the White House for more time to consider the issue. ...more.

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Some in Party Bristle At Clintons' Attacks

added on 2008-01-24 10:00:12 (Washington Post - Politics)

DILLON, S.C., Jan. 23 -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential campaign aired a new radio ad here Wednesday that repeated a discredited charge against Sen. Barack Obama, in what some Democrats said is part of an increasing pattern of hardball politics by her and former president Bill Clinton. ...more.

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